Robert Mueller hadn’t testified before a Congressional committee in a while, and it showed. The last time was when he was FBI Director under President Obama, more than six years ago. I won’t ascribe his rustiness or halting speech to his 74 years, because I’m neither a doctor nor an …
Read More »Read Robert Mueller's Statement on Concluding the Trump/Russia Investigation
On Wednesday morning, Special Counsel Robert Mueller read a 10-minute statement clarifying the findings of his investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 election, as well as the Trump campaign’s intersections with the Russians and the president’s efforts to stymie the investigation. Below, read Mueller’s first — and if the …
Read More »John Oliver's Take on Mueller Report: 'Incompetence and Obedience' Saved Trump
John Oliver unpacked the most crucial details of the long-awaited Mueller report on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, continuing the saga he once-dubbed “Stupid Watergate.” He focused the segment on “two main factors that may have saved” President Trump: “incompetence when it comes to conspiracy with Russia and disobedience when it …
Read More »7 Things to Watch For in the Redacted Mueller Report
WASHINGTON — The redacted version of the Mueller report due to be released Thursday will offer the fullest (but still incomplete) view yet of how the special counsel’s office ran its investigation and what it uncovered. Attorney General William Barr’s March 24th letter purported to provide the “principal conclusions” of …
Read More »See Alec Baldwin's Trump, Robert De Niro's Mueller Interpret Report on 'SNL'
Robert De Niro‘s Robert Mueller and Alec Baldwin‘s Donald Trump draw different conclusions from the Mueller Report in the latest cold open on Saturday Night Live, which aired its first new episode since the special counsel revealed his findings to Attorney General William Barr, played here by Aidy Bryant. The …
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